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First 30 days
Your arrival checklist, city services, trash day and emergency alerts.
Quick reference
Idaho deadlines for new residents
Two deadlines matter most: an Idaho driver’s license and Idaho title and registration for your car, both within 30 days of moving.
- Driver’s license
- Within 30 days; $35 for 4 years or $60 for 8 (ages 21 to 62)
- Vehicle title and registration
- Within 30 days; $20 late title penalty after that
Your 30-day checklist
Idaho gives new residents 30 days to get a driver's license and register their vehicles.
- Driver's license
- Within 30 days
- Vehicle registration
- Within 30 days
Trash & recycling
Most valley cities contract with Republic Services, but Eagle uses Hardin Sanitation and Kuna uses J&M Sanitation.
- Most common hauler
- Republic Services (Boise, Garden City, Meridian, Star, Nampa, Caldwell, Middleton)
- Recycling
- Every other week on your trash day in most cities
City & county contacts
Your city handles things like water, sewer, trash billing, parks and building permits.
- Emergency
- 911
- Police non-emergency, Ada County
- (208) 377-6790 (Boise, Meridian, Eagle, Star, Kuna and unincorporated areas)
Emergency alerts
Sign up for your county's free alert system: Ada Alert in Ada County (it replaced CodeRED in July 2026) and AlertSense in Canyon County.
- Ada County alerts
- Ada Alert, sign up at adaalert.genasys.com/portal
- Canyon County alerts
- AlertSense, sign up on the Canyon County Emergency Management page